Sarajevo Tango is an anti-war comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

/graphic novel

Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

 by Hermann

Hermann Huppen

Hermann Huppen is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.-Biography:...

 initially released in 1995 (ISBN 2-8001-2269-2). Sarajevo Tango is also the first Hermann’s big work done in direct color, and according to several critics, one of his finest.

The book is dedicated to innocent victims of Sarajevo siege and Bosnian war

Bosnian War

The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...

, moreover, copies of this work have been sent to various politicians, artists, journalists and celebrities in the world. On the surface the book follows a crime story that takes place in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

 during the siege (1992-1995). However, in the background of a crime story Herman clearly shows his disgust with the international community-in particular with its lack of action and decisiveness in preventing killings that occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 during the war (1992-1995).

The book is dedicated to Karim Zaimović (Strip Art Features

Strip Art Features

Strip Art Features is a comic-book publishing house currently based in Celje, Slovenia. SAF was founded by comic book author and publisher Ervin Rustemagić in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1972. With the beginning of the Bosnian war in early 1992, SAF offices in Sarajevo suburb Ilidza were...

 1996 edition, page 2), a young journalist and publicist killed in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

 during the siege by shell launched from Serbs mortar, and in part to Ervin Rustemagić

Ervin Rustemagic

Ervin Rustemagić is Bosnian comic producer and distributor, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina currently based in Slovenia. He was the founder of Strip Art Features in Sarajevo, as well as the magazine Strip Art of the former Yugoslavia which won the Yellow Kid Prize of Lucca, Italy as Best...

, Hermann’s personal friend and survivor of Sarajevo siege

Siege of Sarajevo

The Siege of Sarajevo is the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. Serb forces of the Republika Srpska and the Yugoslav People's Army besieged Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 during the Bosnian War.After Bosnia...

. English language copy-rights of the book were awarded to Strip Art Features

Strip Art Features

Strip Art Features is a comic-book publishing house currently based in Celje, Slovenia. SAF was founded by comic book author and publisher Ervin Rustemagić in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1972. With the beginning of the Bosnian war in early 1992, SAF offices in Sarajevo suburb Ilidza were...

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In 1995 Herman received Durbuy-Grand Prix for Sarajevo Tango.